drowngrief:

               _{sly    curvature    can    almost    be    detected    through    tone    ;         adduce     (    shared    )     clairvoyance    to    soft - spoken    sharing    of    secrets    in    the    YESTERDAYS    that    feel    like    YEARS     AGO .     &     how    laughable    it    is ,     now ,     to    ^think    upon   what    you    thought     ––––––––  -  -  -     to rap    curled    digits    against    splintered    surface    &    receive    low    rejoinder  :    HOLLOW   !      while    catfights    may    test    bond’s    strength ,      they    do    not    quite    epitomize    chaos    as    the    threat    of    irreparability .    ❛     –––––––––  -  -  -    ah .    you    mean    .    .    .   ?     ❜}

               _{a    question    that    needn’t    be    asked    /    what    remains    unspoken    is    hissed    through    eldritch    scream    of    STILLNESS .     a    heart    left    lacerated    cannot    be    dismissed    as    derelict       (    how    many    times    you    have    tried    to    piece    shards    together ,     brushing    realities    written    in   crimson    aside    ?    )     –––––––––  -  -  -    empty    space    beside    confidante    is    occupied    as    pastiche    of    light    &    darkness    proves    itself    d e a d l y    /    TRACTIVE .     ❛     i    suppose    you    could    say    that .    &    without    being    WRONG .     ❜     at    which    point    smile    emerges ,     as    GENUINE    as    it    is    pained .     ❛     you    know    i    will    ––––––––  -  -  -    after    you    tell    me    what    exactly    emma    said .    i’m    curious .     ❜}     

                _{long and slim fingers quietly pull items from a messenger bag, & riley shakes the hair out of her eyes as she nods, confirming brooke’s silent question. riley knows her so well at this point that she doesn’t need to hear the rest. friends since they were children ; FIRST GRADE seems so far away now. there’s almost NOTHING in her memories she could accredit to that year. besides, of course, becoming friends with brooke & nina. but if she’s being honest, that was the only part of that year that really matters. times were so much easier back then ; there wasn’t SO MUCH at stake & their biggest problem involved choosing which BOW to wear to school that day. now the biggest problem they have is deciding whether they would be comfortable potentially DYING in that whatever it is they choose to wear. the nostalgia hits her like a freight train  —————  & for a minute, riley is silent.}

                     _{❛ you know my memory is shoddy, brooke ! i do remember some of it though ——      ❜     PINK LIPS purse & riley imitates puts on the front of someone thinking long &hard.   ❛ some of the words that REALLY stuck out were tall, dark & HANDSOME.      ❜     a smile ; it is GENUINE happiness for her friend. as of late she does not experience that emotion much for herself but she is STILL happy others get to.   ❛ do any of those words remind you of something ? or better yet, someone ? inquiring minds want to know, brooke maddox.      ❜}